Counterfeit Money

The crime of counterfeiting is as old as money itself. For as long as people have been tendering marks, coins and negotiable instruments, there have been others attempting to create fraudulent versions of them.

In the U.S., the Secret Service is the agency charged with securing currency and combating counterfeit crime. They report that approximately $500 Million of counterfeit money was circulated in the U.S. in 2023. This number has been steadily rising, with another report showing that  the Secret Service made more than 1,580 counterfeiting-related arrests in 2020, seizing $505 million in phony bills.  U.S. banks and retailers collected an additional $107 million in 2023. 

Reasons for the extreme growth in the volume of counterfeit money are simple. In years past, production of quality counterfeit money required the skills of a journeyman artist to engrave plates and manage the inherent challenges of offset printing. Today, graphics software and high quality, low cost color printers mean an amateur can produce passable counterfeit notes easily through unprotected transaction points that are not equipped with counterfeit detectors.

FraudFighter can help by implementing a low cost simple solution with leading, proprietary fraud prevention products that require little to no training and that can immediately detect counterfeit money. FraudFighter™ fraud prevention solutions help you control risks associated to counterfeit money while empowering your compliance initiatives.

FraudFighter is at the forefront of counterfeit detection and prevention. Our line of counterfeit detectors is designed to provide our customers with a full selection of products so that you can choose the features, functionality and – of course – the price that best meets your needs.

Ultraviolet (UV) counterfeit detectors provide:

• Frontline defense against counterfeit fraud
• Currency validation for US dollars, and most other world currencies
• Protection against fraudulent credit cards and driver licenses
• Validation of traveler checks, money orders and other important documents